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Originally written by quartex:

Jeff said he wanted to limit how much you can customize some features, so that all BOE/BOA scenarios will be similar for the players, but thats an example where trying to improve the experience for the players constrains the options for the developers.

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For example: having an official site where you host scenarios adds a lot of headaches becuase you have to constantly update other people's scenarios. It would probably be easier to have a scenario repository on a fan site and thus not have the community get mad at you if you fall behind in maintaining the scenario listings.

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I think Jeff makes great games. But it gets very difficult when he creates a tool for developers and then finds himself stuck when the community's scenarios evolve beyond his original games, or go in different directions, and then they expect him to support the new features they have created in their scenarios.

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Or what happens when you create a scenario editor and the free scenarios created by community members are considered better than your own games? From a business perspective you've just shot yourself in the foot by giving the competition a great scenario editor they can use to make an even better product.

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